Quotes about Failure

But when it comes to most skills, failure is the only way to become better at something. Knitting teaches you that. You may have to unwind all of your stitches and start anew. That doesn't mean you've wasted your time. You learn from every stitch, even those that don't amount to anything. All writers should be made to knit a hat before they start writing a novel. It would help with understanding the importance of revision, and that the process is what can bring you the most

Until you do right by me, I say, everything you even dream about will fail.

Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, author,

TODAY'S THOUGHT You may have failed in some area of your life—we all have—but you're not a failure. You may have had some bad breaks, but you are not a victim. You are who God says you are.

The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice ... it is conformity." And there you have the reason for so many failures. Conformity — people acting like everyone else, without knowing why or where they are going.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Of all the people I have ever known, those who have pursued their dreams and failed have lived a much more fulfilling life than those who have put their dreams on a shelf for fear of failure.

"Murphy's Law": If something can go wrong, it will.

Bad Command or File Name. Good try, though.

Success always occurs in private, and failure in full view.

Leaders who fail to prune their pride will meet demise. That's not a guess, it's a guarantee. With pride, it's not a matter of 'if' we will fall, but 'when.' There are no exceptions.

The more she tried to live a perfect life for God, the more she recognized her failings.